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Repulsed in the latest effort to secure tile return ot Charles Whit more, negro, here lrom St. Lotus to lace an assault charge for attack mg an officer the suit.** of Arkan ias apparently faces a prolonged 1 legal battle In Us attempt to bring the negro to trialStanley Hancock, deputy sheriff, arnv'd with proper ixi|ers signed by governor1* of Arkansas and Mis stun, went to S:. Louis Friday to return Whitmore here but was forced to return empty handed when he was served with a writ ofhabeas corpus by attorneys lorWhitmore who succeeded in wrestling the negro lrom the Mississippicounty deputy pending a hearing later m the month. Once betore the negro was released under bond fcr a long period while his return IIhere was sought. , It has been reliably reported here .V that one ol the leading criminal tl lawyers of St. Louts has been en- n gaged to fight Whit me re's return j sihere. Local officers say that sev- C era! parties here as well as a negro I n welfare organization are interested I L« in the defense. CiAmong the allegations s/»t forth n in the habeas corpus proceedings j wa the complaint that Whitmore i would be lynched or killed should he be returned here.Whitmore escaped a posse here la t summer alter attacking Con stable Elbert Taylor and beatingtbr* officer over the head with a pistol. He was arrested on a whisky charge at the time. ! .
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Blytheville Courier News
Blytheville, Arkansas, US
Mon, Oct 13, 1930
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